Draft-timber attachment for railroad box-cars.



iiifww No. 839,109. I

J. R'.VHIRSGH.Y v DRAFT-TIMBER ATTA'GHMBNTJQR RAILROAD BOX CARS.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 2.1905

' WITNESSES, INVENTOR I glzaji mav,

i PATENTEDDEG. 25, 19 06.

citizen of the United States, residing at Meme 7 tached or removed as desired.

- UNITED srA'rEs PATENT .OFFIGE.2., v

' JAKE R. mason, or MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

DRAFT-TIMBER AFTT'AGHMVYENT FOR IQRAILROAD Box-ems.

1'5 alt whorrt itmay concern.-

Be it known that I,'JAKE R. HmsoH, a

, his, in the county of Shelby and State of 1 ennessee, have; invented a new and useful Draft-Timber Attachment for Railroad Box- Cars', of which the following is a specification.

Another object of my lnventioniisto pro vide a bolt-securing means in connection with thefsill, so that the bolt can be easily and quickly removed and replaced by new ones when desired without unloading the car,

thereby overcoming theidifliculties now existing with devices of this character.

A further object of my invention is to provide, auxiliary locking means, so that the strain-on the bolts will be removed and'prevent them from bending or twistingi With these objects in view the invention. consists of the novel features ofconstruction, combination, and arrangement of 'arts here-- inafter-fully described, and pointe out inthe claims. I l f In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view 7 of the sill and draft-timber, showing my device in lace; Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsection oft e same Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the sill; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the. locking-block, and Fig. 5 198, perspective view of the bolt locking-block.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates one of the sills ofthe ordinary box-car, which extends the' whole length of the same. Spaced openings A are formed inthe sill ad acent each. end, having reduced cut-out portions A extending O f to one side. Suitable recesses A are .formed'in the top of the sill surrounding the cut-out portion and in which'the oblong block B is adapted to fit.

' The block B is provided with a recess B,

having a slotted bottom B, and upwardlys.

projecting lugs B adjacent each'end of the Specificationoi 'Letters Patent. .Application-filed DecenihcrZI1905i Serial na'zaao'soj a i slot forthe described,

.The bottom of the S111 provided with atransverse groove 1A arranged between the openings A, having a centrally circular recessA H The.draft-timber 0 is provided with opencentrally circular recess 0 and the groove 0 is adapted to register with the groove A: in

the sill and in whichthe block D, provided with opposite outwardly-extending circular members D, isadapted to fit. lhedrafttimber is secured to the sill by an ordinary bolt, the head of which is seated in the recess- Patented Dec. 25, 1906. I

purp oseihereinafter. more fully I ings O and a transverse groove (3, having a j B in the block B and extends downwardly through the cut-out portion A and through. the opening 0 formed in the timber, and is securely locked therein by an ordinary nut,

and it can bereadilyseen that when it is nec-- essary to replace a timber or bolt it can be readily done, as the nuts can-be unscrewed off the bolts, which-will allow-the timber to be removed. Thebolts can then be shoved up above the lugsinthe recess and pulled out through the openings A and a new one replaced, and it will. be seen that the head ofing the bolts from turning. I v F romthe foregoing description it will be seen that I'have provided a very'simple device for securing the draft-timber to the sill,

the bolt will be locked in the recess, preventso that the bolt and timber can be very easily I I replaced when desired and one thatis ver-y,. I

effective inuse as it saves a great deal of labor and-time; I

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new,-anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- 1 In a device of the kind described, the combination with a sill provided with spaced openings, a transverse groove formed between said openings, of a draft-timber provided with openings and a corresponding groove y and locking means adapted to fit in said op'hningsand groove, for the purpose de-.

scribed. I r

"2. In a device of the kind. described, the combination with a sill provided with a ver-" tical opening,.of a reduced cut-outportion formed inthe top of the sill surrounding said edto be secured in said recess, for the pur- .pose described.

communicating with "said opening,;'a'recess cut-out portion, and a locking member adapt- 3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a sill provided with a vertical opening having a reduced cut-out portion communicating therewith, a recess formed around said cut-out portion, of a draft-timber provided with an opening, a locking member secured in said recess, and a bolt carried by said locking member adapted to pass through said openings, for the purpose described.

4. In a device of the kind described, the I combination with a sill provided with spaced openings, having reduced cut-out portions communicating therewith, a recess formed in the top of the sill around said cut-out portion, of a sill provided with openings, a slotted recessed block secured in said recess, and

through the openings in the sill, and timber, for the purpose described.

JAKE R. HIRSOH. Witnesses: t

J. P. SIMPson,

ROBT. 'BARKSDALE.

a bolt carried by said block, adapted to pass- 

